J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Inscription by Turner: A Place Name 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Place Name’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Verso:
Inscription by Turner: A Place Name 1801
D41245
Pencil white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Loch Lowman’ top left
Inscribed in a later hand ‘Loch Lomond’ bottom left
Inscribed by ?Arthur Magyer Hind in pencil ‘LVI 38, a’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The pencil note of the Turner Bequest number, with its characteristic line over the Roman element, appears to be in the hand of British Museum curator A.M. Hind, who supervised the conservation of Turner Bequest works after the 1928 Tate Gallery flood. In line with Finberg’s 1909 Inventory, that number currently applies to the watercolour on the recto (D41244), but there has been some confusion. See the entry for the recto for further discussion.
Technical notes:
There are remains of glue in all four corners, from when the leaf was extracted and mounted for display; see under the recto (D41244).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

Revised by Matthew Imms
April 2015

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Inscription by Turner: A Place Name 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, revised by Matthew Imms, April 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-inscription-by-turner-a-place-name-r1179181, accessed 27 April 2024.